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1-4-139. Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site — Legislative findings and intent.
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1-4-139. Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site — Legislative findings and intent.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The Bowie knife has been designated the official knife of the State of Arkansas;
(2) The Bowie knife is recognized as Arkansas's most famous blade weapon and the national American blade;
(3) Arkansas blacksmith James Black crafted an original Bowie knife in Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, in 1831;
(4) Washington, Arkansas, and James Black became almost immediately famous as the birthplace and creator of the Bowie knife, respectively;
(5) James Black continued to refine and improve his Bowie knife design into the world's toughest but most flexible knife from his shop in Washington, Arkansas; and
(6) Because of the Bowie knife's national reputation, Washington, Arkansas, later became the location of the world's first recognized school of bladesmithing.
(b)(1) Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, is designated the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site”.
(2) The designation of Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, as the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site” is essential to:
(A) Celebrate, protect, and preserve the history and status of the Arkansas-created Bowie knife throughout Arkansas, the United States, and the world; and
(B) Preserve bladesmithing history and heritage, promote heritage arts and bladesmithing tourism in the area, and provide a historically accurate site designation for a heritage arts and bladesmithing enthusiast.
(c) The University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana is designated to develop and operate a school of bladesmithing located in Washington, Arkansas, to promote and protect the art of bladesmithing and the Bowie knife craf
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 1-4-139
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1-4-139. Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site — Legislative findings and intent.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The Bowie knife has been designated the official knife of the State of Arkansas;
(2) The Bowie knife is recognized as Arkansas's most famous blade weapon and the national American blade;
(3) Arkansas blacksmith James Black crafted an original Bowie knife in Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, in 1831;
(4) Washington, Arkansas, and James Black became almost immediately famous as the birthplace and creator of the Bowie knife, respectively;
(5) James Black continued to refine and improve his Bowie knife design into the world's toughest but most flexible knife from his shop in Washington, Arkansas; and
(6) Because of the Bowie knife's national reputation, Washington, Arkansas, later became the location of the world's first recognized school of bladesmithing.
(b)(1) Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, is designated the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site”.
(2) The designation of Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, as the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site” is essential to:
(A) Celebrate, protect, and preserve the history and status of the Arkansas-created Bowie knife throughout Arkansas, the United States, and the world; and
(B) Preserve bladesmithing history and heritage, promote heritage arts and bladesmithing tourism in the area, and provide a historically accurate site designation for a heritage arts and bladesmithing enthusiast.
(c) The University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana is designated to develop and operate a school of bladesmithing located in Washington, Arkansas, to promote and protect the art of bladesmithing and the Bowie knife crafted there.
(d)(1) The Arkansas Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana, shall design a sign that displays the words and any logo for the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site”.
(2) The sign shall be placed on or about the location of the school of bladesmithing developed and operated in Washington, Arkansas, by the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana.
(3) Information regarding the proper placement of copies of the sign at additional locations to promote and direct tourism to Washington, Arkansas, shall be made available by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(4) The sign in appropriate scale shall be used as the symbol on the state highway map and in all tourism mediums published by the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism to indicate the “Birthplace of the Bowie Knife, Arkansas Heritage Site”.
(e)(1) The Division of Arkansas Heritage shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this section.
(2)(A) When adopting the initial rules to implement this section, the final rule shall be filed with the Secretary of State for adoption under § 25-15-204(f):
(i) On or before January 1, 2020; or
(ii) If approval under § 10-3-309 has not occurred by January 1, 2020, as soon as practicable after approval under § 10-3-309.
(B) The division shall file the proposed rule with the Legislative Council under § 10-3-309(c) sufficiently in advance of January 1, 2020, so that the Legislative Council may consider the rule for approval before January 1, 2020.
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10-3-309. Review and approval of state agency rules — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A) In the passage of this section, the General Assembly is aware of the significant number of laws which have been enacted granting to boards, commissions, departments, and administrative agencies of state government the authority to promulgate and enforce rules.
(B) The General Assembly is further aware that ample safeguards have not been established whereby the General Assembly may be informed of circumstances in which administrative rules do not conform to legislative intent.
(2) It is the purpose of this section to establish a method for continuing legislative review and approval of such rules to correct abuses of rulemaking authority or clarify legislative intent with respect to the rulemaking authority granted the administrative boards, commissions, departments, or agencies.
(b) As used in this section:
(1)(A) “Rule” means a state agency statement of general applicability and future effect that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy or describes the organization, procedure, or practice of a state agency and includes without limitation the amendment or repeal of a prior rule.
(B) “Rule” does not mean:
(i) A statement that concerns the internal management of a state agency and that does not affect the private rights or procedures available to the public;
(ii) A declaratory order or ruling issued under § 25-15-206 or other provision of law applicable to the state agency issuing the declaratory order or ruling;
(iii) Intraagency memoranda; or
(iv) A medical code within the Arkansas Medicaid Program that is issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including without limitation:
(a) Current Procedural Terminology codes;
(b) Healthcare Common Pro
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 10-3-309
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25-15-204. Rules — Procedure for adoption.
(a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule, the agency shall:
(1)(A)(i) Give at least thirty (30) days' notice of its intended action.
(ii) The thirty-day period shall begin on the first day of the publication of notice.
(B) The notice shall include:
(i) A statement of the terms or substance of the intended action or a description of the subjects and issues involved; and
(ii) The time, location, and manner in which an interested person may present his or her position on the intended action of the agency or on the issues related to the intended action of the agency.
(C) The notice shall be mailed to:
(i) A person specified by law; and
(ii) A person who has requested advance notice of rulemaking proceedings.
(D) Unless otherwise provided by law, the notice shall be published:
(i) In a newspaper of general daily circulation for three (3) consecutive days and, when appropriate, in those trade, industry, or professional publications that the agency may select.
(ii) By the Secretary of State on the internet for thirty (30) days under § 25-15-218.
(E)(i) If enacted legislation requires or results in more than one (1) agency adopting, amending, or repealing rules on a similar subject matter, the agencies may publish a combined notice for all rules.
(ii) The combined notice shall:
(a) Include:
(1) The names of all agencies involved in the collective filing; and
(2) The time, location, and manner in which an interested person may present his or her position on the intended action of each agency or on the issues related to the intended action of each agency; and
(b) Meet the requirements of subdivisions (a)(1)(C) and (D) of this section;
(2)(A) Afford all interested persons reasonable o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-15-204
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-15-204. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.